The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-09-23
CONDENSED NEWS.
Thursday, Sept. Is.

There was 500, 00o fire at Syracuse,
NY.
Extensive forest fires are again raging in
Michigan.
There was further decline in petroleum
in New York.
The war OH eastern passenger rates from
Chicago is ended.
The army of the Tennessee is holding its
annual meeting in Detroit.
The town Of Penobscot, Me-, celebrated
her centennial anniversary.
A manifesto from the count of Paris is
announced for to-day.
The war on passenger rates from Chicago
eastward is practically over.
Capt. Michael Cregan, the famous New
York Republican politician, is dead.
President Cleveland announces his ina
bility to visit Texas on his western trip.
Steamer Bothnia, sailing from Boston,
Mass. will carry only six cabin passengers.
Two steamers at Bristol, England, report
the loss of sixty four head of cattle on their
passage.
Mayor Powell. Of Newport r. l., was re-
elected. There were only twenty-six votes
cast against him.
Attorney General Sherman is nominated
to succeed Knowlton in the superior court
of Massachusetts,
The colored Odd Fellows from New Eng
land lodges are holding convention in
Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. O'Brien is to distribute el00 re-
ceived from America to relatives of the
Mitchelstown victims.
Manitoba is threatened with a suspension
of the subsidy, if it persists in building the
Red River railway.
Speakers at a military banquet in Tou-
louise declared that France is ready aud i'm
patient for revenge.
Venezuela has granted a concession for
two submarine cables between that country
and the United States.
Four men were killed and sixty-one in
jured by the derailing of construction
train on Colorado railroad.
Mr.. Bell pronounces the yachts May
flower and Volunteer splendid boats and
"foemen worthy of our steel"
Terrible forest fires again prevail in Sec
tions of Michigan. The total destruction
of standing timber threatened
The offerings of AZ per cent. bonds to
the treasury aggregated $5, 175, 700, at
prices ranging from $1O7.9S to ITO.
Three ferry steamers collided in Toronto
(Ont.) bay. Four men were thrown into
the water, and one of them was drowned.
Friday, Sept. 16.
About $4,000 people attended the ver-
mont state fair.
The new opera house at Exeter, N. H.,
has been opened.
The strike of the Boston furniture finish
ers has been declared off.
A threatened strike of so, 600 colliers in
the Pennsylvania mines has been averted
One hundred houses have been burned in
Newell, Russian Poland. Twelve lives were
lost.
The new railroad between Harwich and
Chatham, Mass, is fast approaching COM
pletion.
The colored Odd Fellows of the district
embracing Massachusetts, Connecticut and
Rhode Island had their parade in copnec-
tion with their annual district convention
in Springfield
An Irish police inspector has signed
protest against the conduct of the police at
Mitchelstown.
Ex-Secretary Sherman's first speech in
the Ohio campaign was delivered at Will
mington, Ohio.
Only 81 1,971. 900 of the per cent loan of
'82 is now outstanding. The total loan
originally was $3O5, ,5S1, 250.
The trouble with the miners of the Phila-
delpha and Reading Coal and Iron COM
pany has been settled by arbitration.
The Boston cigarmakers will probably go
back to work at the manufacturers terms.
Otherwise. non-union help will be employed
Arrangements will be made by which all
the horse car lines in Boston can run to the
Mechanics building during the progress of
the fair, which opens soon.